# how to change icon with cover...

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-icon-with-cover/13035
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [February 1, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-icon-with-cover/13035 "2012-02-01T16:44:00Z")
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### Author: ![rahulborele](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9dc877/32.png) [@rahulborele](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rahulborele)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-icon-with-cover/13035/1 "2012-02-01T16:44:00Z")

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is it possible in mp3tag software to change "windows media player or vlc "file icon change with our favourite cover image..

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-icon-with-cover/13035/2 "2012-02-01T18:58:00Z")

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> [@Rahul](#):
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> is it possible in mp3tag software to change "windows media player or vlc "file icon change with our favourite cover image..

I doubt that this has anything to do with mp3tag but is a feature of the underlying OS. You dump looks like Windows XP - and that can't do it AFAIK.  
Windows 7 displays the covers (from within the files) when the Explorer display is set to symbols.  
You could redirect your question to a Windows forum.

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-icon-with-cover/13035/3 "2012-02-01T19:05:14Z")

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> [@Rahul](#):
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> is it possible in mp3tag software to change "windows media player or vlc "file icon change with our favourite cover image..

No.  
I guess, you will need the windows system itself for this purpose.  
I think you have to change the current file association to another application.  
Maybe ... see explorer, folder options, file types ...

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